Old Louisville, Block by Block
Third Street, 1100 Block  East Side
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<<< â	St Catherine Street														Oak Street	>>> â
		1101	1111 (present & past)	1113	1117	1123	1127	1129	1133	1137	1141	1143	1155 1st & 2nd Norton Infirmary Buildings	Treyton, Oaks, 211 W Oak
			(present & past)										1885, ~1930	1984

 

This block of Old Louisville (east and west side)  was at one time the "holiest" in the city.  You could find the
region's largest Baptist congregation at the Walnut Street Baptist Church, and living across the street from each
other were the Roman Catholic Archbishop and the Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky.  Even a Henry Pilcher, of the
nationally regarded Pilcher Sons Organ Company lived on the block for awhile.  The John N. Norton Memorial Infirmary
was located on the block from 1885 until 1973 when it moved to its present downtown health campus location.
The hospital was named in honor of the former associate rector of Christ Church Cathedral who was well known for
his generosity and was called the "Good Samaritan"  and "the pied-piper" by his congregation.

(Compilation from Caron's City Directories 1884-1938)
pre-1909 Address	present address	Year	Head of Household	occupation or name of business or notes
se cor	1101	1901-present	Walnut Street (First) Baptist Church	Finley F Gibson Pastor 1927-38+
1205	N/A	1884-1887	Watson, Annie Mrs	Mrs D A Watson
		1888-1900	Watson, Robert A	house demolished for the Walnut Street Baptist Church
1207	N/A	1884	Leber, Peter
		1885-1888	Leber, Guy
		1889	Woodward, James
		1890-1894	Melville, Frank
		1895	Vacant
		1896-1897	Weatherton, G W (or J W)
		1898	Miller, J F
		1899	Elrod, W L
		1900	Drane, C M
		1900	Pike, CC	house demolished for the Walnut Street Baptist Church
1211	1111	1889	Vacant
		1890-1915	Gathright, John T	solicitor Equitable Life Assurance Society
		1909-1910	Wharton, James [c]	rear
		1910-1916	Daniels, John [c]	rear
		1912-1913	Weber, Mamie [c]	rear
		1916	Jackson, Clifton [c]	rear
		1916-1918	O'Connell, Stella Mrs
		1919-1921+	Anderson, Mary
		1927-1938+	Gibson, Finley F Rev	pastor, Walnut St Babtist Church, wife Lucille
1213	1113	1885-1892	Voris, S B	vice-president and manager The Dark Hollow Stone Co
		1893-1919	Gathright, Robert O	Gathright, R O & Co merchant millers with JB, JN and John Milton
		1920	Vacant
		1921+	Craig, J E
		1927-1938+	3 or more  tenants
1215	1117	1884-1903	Pirtle, James S	Attorney & Judge, president Louisville City National Bank & lawyer at 411 W Jefferson, later with Pirtle & Trabue law firm 703-705 Columbia Bldg
		1904-1915	Minnigerode, J G Rev
		1916-1933+	Hopkins, Ione F
		1919-1921+	Hopkins, Frances I	may be same person as Ione F, as the name rotated
1217	1123	1892	Vacant
		1893-1918	Newman, George A	president George A Newman Co drugs
		1919-1920	Vacant
		1921	Edelman, J R
		1927+	5 tenants
		1933+	Louisville Institute of Music, Louisville Concert Band, Louisville Boy's Band, Louisville Girl's Band
		1938+	Bruce, Elzada boarding
		1938+	Bruce, Robert W	employee T D & W Handle Co, wife Elzada
1221	1127	1887	Vacant
		1888-1895	Bate, Philip B	tobacco, office 23 Board of Trade Bldg
		1896-1898	Allis, Lady
		1899-1900	Vacant
		1901-1904	McBurnie, J L
		1905-1909	O'Neal, J T
		1910-1917	O'Neal, Lillian (Or Lydia W)
		1911-1927+	Carter, Celia [c]
		1918-1921	Banta, L J
		1927-1933+	4-6 tenants
1223	1129	1884	Stephens, C E
		1885	Schulz, Dora
		1886-1896	Stephens, Louisa (or Louise)	white goods manufacturer/dressmaker
		1897-1900	Vacant
		1904	Chreste, Chas
		1905-1927+	Woodcock, Charles Edward Rt Rev	elected Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky in 1904
		1933-1938+	Boggess, Bettie F	boarding house
1225	1133	1884	Pilcher, Henry	Henry Pilcher’s Sons, organs
		1885	Edmunds, S E
		1886	Vacant
		1887-1888	Francis, Charles	manager News Printing Co
		1889-1890	Clark, Louise	Mrs. R B Clark
		1891-1892	Miller, Barbara A
		1893	Talbott, Benjamin
		1894-1896	Vacant
		1897-1902	Stephens, Louise	dressmaker
		1903-1907	Long, C R
		1908	Vacant
		1909-1921+	Greer, F T
		1927-1933+	Greer, Mary McK	widow of F T
		1933+	Greer, F McK
		1938	Woody, Charles G	superintendant, KY Concrete Pipe Co, wife Ethel
		1938	Woody, Ethel furn rooms
1227	1137	1890	Barnett, Ira S
		1905-1927+	Delph, Lula (&/or Amelia)	& 1-2 tenants
		1933+	4 tenants
		1938	Armes, Robert L	Armes Bros real estate, RL & SH
1229	1141	1890	Scott, Preston B MD	Scott, Cartledge & Chenoweth physicians & surgeons 205 W Broadway office 11-5, 7-8
		1891	Barnett, Ira S
		1892	Meddis, S S
		1893-1912	Straus, August	vice president, Courier-Journal Job Prinitng Co
		1913-1921+	Straus, Rachael
		1927	Maretta, S L
		1933+	5 tenants
		1938	Parker, Rufus I	wife Bertha
	1127-1141	present	church parking lot	for the Walnut Street Baptist Church
1231	1143	1891-1892	Scott, Preston B MD
		1893-1902	Omberg, William F	WF Omberg & Co real estate
		1897-1900	Stine, J W Jr
		1903	Dunlap, T G
		1904-1905	Bull, Robt
		1906	Dickey, J H
		1907-1938+	Norton Infirmary Nurses Home
1253	1155	1885-1927+	John N Norton Memorial Infirmary	The house that became the infirmary was purchased by John N Norton's wife in 1881 with proceeds from the sale of her own home on Broadway, in his honor.  The early hospital was replaced by a new hospital with entrance around the corner on Oak St around 1930. Norton Infirmary moved to its new location downtown in 1973
		1984-present	Treyton Oak Towers	Senior Citizen's housing, owned by the Baptist Church.

General Notes:
* Resident occupations or notes have been added if known.  If you can supply more information on these houses or their early residents, we'd love to hear from you.  Email information@oldlouisville.com. 
*Years marked as "Vacant": can have several explanations or possibilities.  Obviously the house could actually have been vacant, or the family may have been temporarily away during canvassing, the address was between tenants, or the directory made an error (no one home & no one to ask).  In some cases it may indicate a new building awaiting its first residents, or one ready to be demolished to make way for a newer building.
* Many short-term residents (especially renters, boarders or apartment house tenants) have been omitted from this list.  For more complete listings see our History section and look for the appropriate Excel file.
* Grayed out listings:  A building at this address that possibly, probably or definitely no longer exists. 

About the dates:
* After 1921, years are sampled 1927, 1933, 1938.  A + sign after a date reminds us that the resident may have also lived at this address before or after these dates.
* 1884 is the earliest date we can easily find records for these buildings.  Any homes noted to be occupied in 1884 are often older than that.  But it should also be kept in mind that an address record may represent more than one building over the years.  For example, a bungalow style house (early 20th C style, usually teens to 30s), is probably a replacement for an earlier building on the same site, especially where the address record goes back several decades before. Click here for a brief guide to house styles
* Years are inclusive.  For example, a resident listed at an address showing1890-1892  was listed in the directory at his address for three years: 1890, 1891 and 1892.

Accuracy:
* There is no absolute guarantee of the accuracy of this information. 
* Addresses in red mean there may be some question as to the matches between pre-1909 and present addresses.  While these are usually correct, further research may be needed.  After 1909, almost all addresses should be correct.
* Errors can often be found in original or secondary source material, and probably we made some along the way as well. 
* Corrections are welcome and deeply appreciated, but please be kind.  Many hundreds of hours of work and quite some expense have gone into researching these compilations, and harsh scolding only discourages further work.

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